The opening earlier this summer of Offshore—the nation’s largest rooftop venue—spoke volumes, not just about efforts to rejuvenate a lackluster Navy Pier, but about the state of retail itself in Chicago. Just as in other markets, consumers respond to several trends.

After a decade of working in Chicago’s coffee industry, business partners and Michiganders Alex Burbo and Rosie Quasarano moved back to their home state to launch Littlefoot Coffee Roasters. The coffee company will open a roasting facility and warehouse at 3047 Broadway Ave. SW in Grandville, Michigan, by the end of August, according to Col…

Six new retailers have joined Shops at CenterPoint in GrandRapids, Michigan. Colliers International|West Michigan announced today that T-Mobile, MOD Pizza, Lands’ End, Carhartt, Vitality Bowls and European Wax Center have signed leases at the center.

CBRE recently represented Granger Group in the sale of 33.4 acres at 5650 Wilson Ave. SW in Wyoming, Michigan. The sale represents the first of two multifamily phases within the Reserve Development Opportunity, a 150-acre community master-planned by Granger Group.

The commercial real estate market is strong in GrandRapids and the Western Michigan region, with the multifamily, indusrial and office markets all seeing a jump in deals and new construction. Even the retail market, which is struggling across so much of the country, is showing positive signs in GrandRapids and its surrounding communities.…

Living Word Christian Center, an ecclesiastical organization, relocating to the Wyoming-Kentwood business corridor at 165 54th St. S.W. in Wyoming, Michigan, in the GrandRapids market. This new location will meet the growth needs of the Living Word congregation and provide additional classroom and teaching space.

Donut fans will soon have two new locations to enjoy their favorite breakfast treat. The Donut Conspiracy is expanding with new locations on Cascade Road in GrandRapids, Michigan, and Rivertown Parkway in Grandville, Michigan, according to Colliers International|West Michigan.

Vision Real Estate Investment broke ground April 17 on the Axis Business Center at 6030 Clyde Park Ave. in Byron, Michigan, in the GrandRapids area. Vision Real Estate Investment expects the building, located near the highway intersection of M-6 and US-131, to be complete by September of 2019.